Darwin Correspondence Project

  Industrialist , banker , landowner and horticulturalist . Built Biddulph Grange in north Staffordshire and established a well-known garden there. Cultivated tropical plants, especially orchids. Acquired orchids in Central and South America, and published important works on the Orchidaceae. President of the North Staffordshire Field Club, 1865–70. FRS 1838.

Sources: Desmond, Ray 1994 DNB Hadfield, Miles 1980

(See the bibliography for full references to sources)

See also Correspondence, volume(s): 10,11